当他接起电话，电话那头是弗雷德。

When he answered the phone, Fred was at the other end.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

接待这些瘾君子的是不断响铃的电话：电话的另一端则是戒瘾所，缓刑服务组织，还有曾经的瘾君子现在扮演了顾问的角色。

In reception, the phone rings constantly; calls are connected to the detox unit, probation service and a team of former addicts who now counsel current ones.

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即使它们仍被我们叫做“电话”(电话这个词源自希腊语中的“声音”一词)，打电话可能不再是它们的主要功能了。

And even if they are still called "phones" -a word derived from the Greek word for voice-making voice calls may no longer be their primary function.

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